[Revised entry by Lorenz Demey, Barteld Kooi, and Joshua Sack on August 17, 2023.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Logic and probability theory are two of the main tools in the formal study of reasoning, and have been fruitfully applied in areas as diverse as philosophy, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and mathematics. This entry discusses the major proposals to combine logic and probability theory, and attempts to provide a classification of the various approaches in this rapidly developing field….

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